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Modern Church, 1900-Present

REL C 343 | University Course

Introduction to the LDS Church in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Emphasis on significant developments of Church programs and structure as well as the people and events which have shaped Church history during this time period.

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The Church at the Turn of the Century and Lorenzo Snow: 1898-1901
President Joseph F. Smith in an Era of Transition: 1900-1912
Moving Forward into the New Century: 1902-1918
Heber J. Grant Begins His Administration: 1918-1930
The Church During the Great Depression: 1929-1941
The Saints During World War II: 1939-1945
George Albert Smith and Postwar Recovery: 1945-1947
David O. McKay and Growth into a Worldwide Church: 1950-1966
Presidents Joseph Fielding Smith and Harold B. Lee, and an Era of Correlation and Consolidation: 1961-1973
Spencer W. Kimball's Challenge to "Lengthen Our Stride": 1973-1981
Meeting the Needs of a Worldwide Church: 1975-1985
Ezra Taft Benson and a Period of Challenge and Growth: 1985-1991
The Early 1990s and President Hunter: 1988-1995
Gordon B. Hinckley and Bringing the Church out of Obscurity: 1995-2008
The Destiny of the Church

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